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4th Gen What is your favourite feature of the Gen IV games?

Diamond 97

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    My favorite Sinnoh-based feature has to be the Pokétch. It's a good starting point that Game Freak/the Pokémon Company went for in using the touch screen, and it's honestly got some pretty useful, er, apps. The type effectiveness chart is useful for learning/remembering type matchups, the counters were neat for certain things like hatching Eggs, the Dowsing Machine is at its absolute best here because of its incredible convenience, there are the maps to remind you of certain places to go to... I think I'm making my point fairly clear.
     
    It has to be the physical/special split. It changed the whole game for the better. Honourable mention to the Poketch and being able to run indoors
     
    Probably an unpopular and perhaps even forgotten feature, but I'm going with the Villa in the Resort Area that was only in Platinum. It cost huge amounts of money to buy all the possible furniture pieces for it, but it felt so satisfying once I did get them all. Important NPCs like the Gym Leaders and your mom would drop by for a visit, which was also cool.
     
    What I love about gen 4, Sinnoh specifically, is how calm the whole region feels. It felt like a genuine feature to have the music be more dynamic with how it expresses itself. I love the theme of Solaceon Town, Route 213, the Lake theme, Eterna Forest, Eterna City, Sunnyshore City, and the pokemon league. Aside from that, another main feature I love of Sinnoh has to be with how it was the first game in the series to have mystery gifts more easily accessable. You usually had to go to an event in person to trigger them, but this time we had the option to use Wi-fi at home to experience them. Sinnoh had a lot of these events too that made the games come alive.
     
    For me, definitely the Pokemon contests! I would grind on those for hours until I got master rank!
     
    Diamond 97 said:
    My favorite Sinnoh-based feature has to be the Pokétch. It's a good starting point that Game Freak/the Pokémon Company went for in using the touch screen, and it's honestly got some pretty useful, er, apps. The type effectiveness chart is useful for learning/remembering type matchups, the counters were neat for certain things like hatching Eggs, the Dowsing Machine is at its absolute best here because of its incredible convenience, there are the maps to remind you of certain places to go to... I think I'm making my point fairly clear.
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    Poketch in Diamond/Pear/Platinum, and Item Finder in HGSS.
     
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